Ville Ranta

Ville Matias Ranta (b. 29 November 1978) is a Finnish cartoonist from Oulu. He received the Finnish comics society's Puupäähattu award in 2009.[1] In his work, Ranta focus on controversial and provocative topics among other things.[2] His comic Mohammed, Fear and Freedom of Speech (published in 2006 in the magazine Kaltio in reaction to the Muhammad cartoons controversy) led to the sacking of the editor Jussi Vilkuna.[3]

Ville Ranta

Selected works
  • Matka Limpopoon (1992)
  • Viime vuonna Kemissä (Asema 2002)
  • Sade: Sarjakuvaromaani. Oulu: Asema, 2008. ISBN 978-952-99923-6-2.
  • Engelsmannit tulevat! (Asema 2004)
  • Isi on nyt vähän väsynyt (Asema 2005)
  • Célebritiz. (Dargaud, 2006)
  • Julkimot. Helsinki: WSOY, 2006. ISBN 951-0-32201-6.
  • Kajaani. Oulu: Asema, 2008. ISBN 978-952-99923-3-1
  • Eräänlaisia rukouksia. Helsinki: Huuda Huuda, 2009. ISBN 978-952-5724-08-0.
  • Paratiisisarja. Helsinki: WSOY, 2010. ISBN 978-951-0-35801-6[4]

References
  1. "Ville Ranta sai Puupäähatun" (in Finnish). YLE. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. "Ville Ranta: Pilapiirroksen tehtävä on provosoida". Aamu-TV (in Finnish). YLE. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  3. "Comic commenting the Mohammed caricature controversy restored". slow-news-day.net. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  4. Lankolainen, Eeva (6 April 2010). "Ville Ranta – Paratiisisarja" (in Finnish). Savon Sanomat. Retrieved 14 January 2012.


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